Guide to the Andrew E. Gibson papers, 1890-2000

(bulk 1944-2000)


Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
E-mail: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Published in 2011

Collection Overview

Title: Andrew E. Gibson papers
Date range: 1890-2000, (bulk 1944-2000)
Creator: Gibson, Andrew E., 1922-2001
Extent: 8 Linear Feet (19 archival boxes)
Abstract: These papers document and focus on Andrew E. Gibson's career as a government official, corporate executive, and professor at the Naval War College. The collection consists of many elements including but not limited to: correspondence, writings, speeches, deck files, books, proposals, critiques, legislation testimony and charts.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection number: MSC-242

Scope & content

The collection is divided into twenty-two series and covers the years 1944-2000. The greater part of the collection focuses on Gibson's position as Maritime Administrator and Assistant Secretary of Maritime Affairs in the Department of Commerce, 1968-1972, although there is significant material on his executive positions in the shipping industry.

Access Points

Subject Topics Document Types

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in series as follows:

  • Series I, Correspondence and Memoranda 1969-2000
  • Series II, Writings 1972-1995
  • Sub-Series II, Writings by others 1937-1993
  • Series III, Speeches 1969-1986
  • Series IV, Subject Files 1965-2000
  • Series V, Reports, 1969-1992
  • Series VI, Special Studies, 1992
  • Series VII, Books, 1976
  • Series VIII, Publications, 1969-1975
  • Series IX, Proposals, Undated-1987
  • Series X, Presentations, Undated-1992
  • Series XI, Critiques, 1982
  • Series XII, Statements, 1979-1994
  • Series XIII, Legal Opinions, 1975
  • Series XIV, Legislative Acts, 1936-1992
  • Series XV, Pamphlets, 1961-1994
  • Series XVI, Testimony and Messages, 1969
  • Series XVII, Miscellany, 1970-2000
  • Series XVIII, Charts, 1970
  • Series XIX, Newspaper Clippings, 1969-2000
  • Series XX, Deck Logs, 1944-1946
  • Series XXI, Photographs, 1972-1989
  • Series XXII, Videotapes, Viewgraphs, and National Security Decision Making Curriculum Materials, 1770-1994

Biographical Note

Andrew E. Gibson was born on February 19, 1922, in New York. He graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, then located in Boston, in 1943 and joined the United States Lines where he was CO of the Liberty Ship SS Leonidas Merritt in the Pacific from 1944 to 1946.

When the war ended, Gibson took a job with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Fall River, Massachusetts. He enrolled in Brown University in 1948 where he majored in economics and graduated in 1951. During the Korean War, he was controller of the budget for the Military Sea Transport Service in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1953, he joined the Grace Line where he rose from assistant treasurer to senior vice president in charge of operations. In 1967, he moved to the Diebold Group, a management consulting firm in New York City. He was nominated as Maritime Administrator by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 and served in that capacity, as well as assistant secretary for Maritime Affairs in the Department of Commerce until 1972. He was instrumental in drafting legislation for the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and successfully negotiated the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime Agreement of 1972. He also served as assistant secretary for domestic and international business. Later, he was appointed to the Panama Canal Commission and as ambassador to the International Labor Organization.

After leaving government service, Gibson was president of Interstate Oil Transportation Company, 1973-1974, president of Maher Terminals, Inc., 1975-1977, president of Delta Steamship Lines, 1979-1982, and chairman of American Automar, 1983-1988. He was an adjunct faculty member at the University of South Carolina from 1981-1988.

Gibson earned a masters degree in business administration from New York University in 1959 and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 1975. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Cardiff in 1994. He held the Emory Land Chair of Maritime Affairs at the Naval War College from 1988-1992 in the Department of National Security and Decision Making and was a visiting fellow at the College from 1992 through 2001.

His publications include articles in The Naval Institute Proceedings, American Shipper, The Naval War College Review, and a book based on his dissertation entitled Abandoned Ocean: A History of U.S. Maritime Policy published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2000. He received the Robert M. Thomson Award from the Navy League and the Land Medal from the Society of Naval Architects, both in 1972.

Gibson died on July 8, 2001, at his home in Short Hills, New Jersey. He is survived by three sons and two daughters from his first marriage to Jane Mork. His second wife, Judith Spofford Gibson of Short Hills, survives him as well.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.
Use of the materials: Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred citation: Author, “Title,” Page or Date. Andrew E. Gibson papers, MSC242, Box number, Folder number. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I
Contact information: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
E-mail: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The papers of Andrew E. Gibson were presented to the Naval War College Foundation for deposit in the Naval Historical Collection by his wife, Mrs. Judith Gibson, in May and August 2005.
Custodial history: The custodial history of the collection is unknown.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Evelyn M. Cherpak, Ph.D.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Carrie Anne Perez 2011 March 09, updated by Le Yang on 2011 July 19.
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory


Series I. Correspondence and Memoranda
.5 box(es)

Series I, Correspondence, 1973-2000, consists of letters and memoranda sent and received. Some of the major correspondents were President Gerald Ford, Paul McCloskey Jr., General M. R. Thurman, and the University of Wales and the U.S. Naval Institute. Topics discussed include sea power, maritime and shipping initiatives, maritime policy, merchant marine policy, and the Panama Canal treaties

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Letters sent and received
1969-1994
Box 1, Folder 2 Letters sent and received
1999-2000
Box 1, Folder 3 Letters sent to President Gerald Ford
1974-1976
Box 1, Folder 4 Letters sent to Paul McCloskey, Jr.
1978-1979
Box 1, Folder 5 Letters sent regarding the Panama Canal Treaty
1989-1992
Box 1, Folder 6 Letters sent on seapower topics
1989-1992
Box 1, Folder 7 Letters sent and received to the State Department
1983-1984
Box 1, Folder 8 Letters sent to General J. R. Thurman
1992
Box 1, Folder 9 Letters regarding draft bill to amend Merchant Marine Act of 1936
1936
Box 1, Folder 10 Letters sent to University of Wales, Cardiff
1996-1998
Box 1, Folder 11 Letters sent and received, U.S. Naval Institute
1996-2000
Box 1, Folder 12 Letters sent regarding maritime and shipping initiatives and cargo preference
1982, 1993
Box 1, Folder 13 Memorandum on Maritime Policy
1969
Box 1, Folder 14 Memorandum on Merchant Marine Policy
1982
Box 1, Folder 15 Memorandum on Employment Rights for Merchant Seamen
1997
Box 1, Folder 16 Research memorandum on using large crude carriers to transport aviation fuel in wartime
1988
Box 1, Folder 17 Memorandum regarding the Merchant Marine
1992

Series II. Writings
1 box(es)

Series II, Writings, 1972-1995, includes published and unpublished articles by Gibson on the energy crisis, the United Nations, Desert Shield and strategic sealift, commercial ships, American shipping, rebuilding the merchant marine, and writings by others on the merchant marine, the American flag liner industry, a maritime strategy for the 80s, ship building, and ship building management.

Sub-Series II. Writings by others
.5 box(es)

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 19 An Industry at War before a Nation: The U.S. Merchant Marine before World War II, Sean Connaughton
undated
Box 2, Folder 20 Economic Survey of the American Merchant Marine
1947
Box 2, Folder 21 Effects of Shipping Subsidization, Dr. Franz Eversheim
1958
Box 2, Folder 22 The Merchant Marine Act of 1970, Roy Bowman
1970
Box 2, Folder 23 How Subsidies Launched a New Fleet of Superships
1973
Box 2, Folder 24 An Appraisal of the American Flag Liner Industry
1978
Box 2, Folder 25 A Maritime Strategy for the 1980s
circa 1980
Box 2, Folder 26 The Need For a National Interest Trade Policy, by John M. Culbertson and William R. Hawkins
1985
Box 2, Folder 27 U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding in the 1990s: The Global Context, Jay Carson and Barbara Lamb
1989
Box 2, Folder 28 A Rebuttal to the Assertion by the United States Shipbuilders that Foreign Subsidies are the Root Cause of their Inability to Compete
1992
Box 2, Folder 29 Shipbuilding and Shipbuilding Management, 1943-1993, Lloyd Bergson
1993
Box 2, Folder 30 Sealift: Manning the Ready Reserve Force with the Naval Reserve, A Logical Relationship, Captain
1993
Box 2, Folder 31 A Historical Overview of the Trade Agreements Program
undated
Box 2, Folder 32 A Maritime Program for the Seventies
circa 1970
Box 2, Folder 33 Draft paper on Trade
undated
Box 2, Folder 34 Technology and the Management of Rapid Change
undated
Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Some Lessons Learned From Recent U.S. Experiences in the United Nations
undated
Box 1, Folder 2 Some Brief Reminiscences on the Nantucket
undated
Box 1, Folder 3 A Lesson from Socrates
undated
Box 1, Folder 4 Use of the Sea
1972
Box 1, Folder 5 The Growing Energy Crisis
1972
Box 1, Folder 6 The United Nations: The Need for a New Beginning
1985
Box 1, Folder 7 American Shipping
1985
Box 1, Folder 7 The Navy's Semi-Submersible Ultra-Heavylift Ship
1987
Box 1, Folder 8 A Proposal to Promote the Building of Commercial Ships in the United States
1990
Box 1, Folder 9 Some Observations Concerning the Economics of Shipping in the Liner Trade
1990
Box 1, Folder 10 Desert Shield and Strategic Sealift, with CDR Jacob Shuford
1990
Box 1, Folder 11 Strategic Sealift in the Context of Operation Desert Shield
1990
Box 1, Folder 12 A Proposal to Promote the Building of Commercial Ships in the United States
1991
Box 1, Folder 13 Desert Shield and Sealift, with CDR Jacob Shuford
1991
Box 1, Folder 14 Task of Rebuilding Merchant Marine Rests Squarely with President
1990
Box 1, Folder 14 Annus Finis Inevitabilis?
1990
Box 1, Folder 14 Merchant Marine's Future Appears to be Gloomier than Ever
1991
Box 2, Folder 15 After the Storm
1991
Box 2, Folder 16 A Proposal to Promote the Building of Commercial Ships in the United States
1991
Box 2, Folder 17 How Far is the National Character of Americans fitted to be a Great Seapower
1994
Box 2, Folder 17 The President of the United States cannot go to Moscow with his Hat in his Hand
1994
Box 2, Folder 17 Beyond the Hoopla: How Maritime Policy was made by a Republican President
1995
Box 2, Folder 18 Will the American Blue Water Fleet Survive 2005?
1995

Series III. Speeches
1.5 box(es)

Series III, Speeches, 1969-1986, contain the speeches given by Gibson when he was Maritime Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Maritime Affairs, 1969-1972, and speeches on maritime topics given in the 1980s. President Ronald Reagan’s speech to the National Maritime Union in 1980 is located here.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 1 The New Diplomacy: Trade takes a Front Seat
1922
Box 3, Volume 1 Speeches given as Maritime Administrator
1969
Box 3, Volume 2 Speeches given as Maritime Administrator and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs
1970
Box 3, Volume 3 Speeches given as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs
1971
Box 3, Volume 4 Speeches given as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs and Domestic and International Business
1972
Box 4, Volume 2 Speeches, Merchant Ships and Seapower
1970
Box 4, Volume 3 World Energy Problems and Need for Crisis Management
1974
Box 4, Volume 3 An Agreement for the Adoption of a Comprehensive National Maritime Policy
1975
Box 4, Volume 4 Some Remarks Concerning the Economics of Ocean Transportation in the Liner Trades
1978
Box 4, Volume 5 Ships, Personnel and the Missing Ingredient
1980
Box 4, Volume 5 The U.S. Merchant Marine-Once Again in Transition
1981
Box 4, Volume 5 Delta Line Symposium
1981
Box 4, Volume 5 Address to the Propeller Club of the United States
1982
Box 4, Volume 5 The UNCTAD Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences
1982
Box 4, Volume 5 Anticipating the Future
1983
Box 4, Volume 5 National Strategic Mobility
1984
Box 4, Volume 5 Anticipating the Future
1985
Box 4, Volume 6 In Memorium, Maritime Day
1986 May 22
Box 4, Volume 7 Where There is no Vision; Battle Standard Denner
1990
Box 4, Volume 8 The Merchant Shipping Dimension of Seapower
2000
Box 4, Volume 8 The Origins of U.S. Maritime Policy
2001
Box 4, Volume 9 National Maritime Union Speech by Ronald Reagan
1980

Series IV. Subject Files
4.5 box(es)

Series IV, Subject Files, 1965-2000, contains correspondence and supporting material on the maritime academies, the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977, the Panamanian Election of 1989, military sealift, national airlift policy, ship financing, and shipping.

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 1 DWT Tanker, 39,000
undated
Box 4, Folder 2 General Dynamics
1974-1975
Box 4, Folder 3 International Labor Organization
1984-1985
Box 4, Folder 4 Maine Maritime Academy and Finnjet
1991
Box 4, Folder 5 Massachusetts Maritime Academy
1995-1998
Box 4, Folder 6 MEBA Strike
1965
Box 4, Folder 7 Merchant Marine Academy, Board of Trustees Meetings
1990-2000
Box 4, Folder 8 Marshall Islands; Sea Land Services
1986-1993
Box 4, Folder 9 Military Sealift and National Security Sealift Policy
1974-1975
Box 4, Folder 10 Nantucket Sailing Ship
undated
Box 4, Folder 11 Nantucket Sailing Ship
undated
Box 4, Folder 12 National Airlift Policy; Comments on RRF Activities Strategic Sealift Enhancements of the 80s
1987
Box 4, Folder 13 National Defense Reserve Fleet
1982
Box 4, Folder 14 National Defense Reserve Fleet
1982
Box 5, Folder 15 Navy Strategic Sealift Implementation Plan; Defense Transportation System
1991, 1991
Box 5, Folder 16 Panama Canal Treaty of 1977
1977
Box 5, Folder 17 Panama Election
1989
Box 5, Folder 18 Panama's Election of 1989
1980
Box 5, Folder 19 Panama's Election of 1989, Presidential Observer Delegation
1989
Box 5, Folder 20 Reagan Campaign on Maritime Affairs and Shipbuilding
1989
Box 5, Folder 21 Sealift and Operation Desert Shield
1990-1992
Box 5, Folder 22 Sealift Reserve Fleet
1984
Box 5, Folder 23 Ship Financing Information
1971-1973
Box 5, Folder 24 Shipping, Foreign Flag Merchant Ships
1992
Box 5, Folder 25 Shipping, Federation of American Controlled Shipping
1974
Box 5, Folder 26 Transcom
1989-1991
Box 5a, Folder 27 Alpha Portland Cement Company, Agenda, 1974 Memorandum of Understanding
1974
Box 5a, Folder 28 Alpha Portland Cement Company, Aggregates in the Greater New York Area Markets
1974
Box 5a, Folder 29 American Shipbuilding Corporation, Financial Analysis
undated
Box 5a, Folder 30 American Shipbuilding Corporation, Information Pamphlet
undated
Box 5a, Folder 31 American Shipbuilding Corporation, Correspondence
1974
Box 5a, Folder 32 Colombian Coffee Federation
1961
Box 5a, Folder 33 Diebold Corporation, Aids for Business Development, undated
undated
Box 5a, Folder 34 Diebold Corporation, Conduct of Professional Assignments, undated
undated
Box 5a, Folder 35 Delta Steamship Lines, Proposed Buyout
1982
Box 5a, Folder 36 Delta Steamship Lines, Corporate Planning and Development
1981
Box 5a, Folder 37 Delta Steamship Lines, Performance and Cost Reports
1982
Box 5a, Folder 38 Delta Steamship Lines, Project Argonaut
circa 1980s
Box 5a, Folder 39 Delta Steamship Lines, Conversion of Santa Lucia Class vessels
1982
Box 5a, Folder 40 Delta Steamship Lines, Forecasts of Latin American Trade
1983
Box 5b, Folder 41 Delta Steamship Lines, Proposed Reorganization
1982
Box 5b, Folder 42 Delta Steamship Lines, Five Year Plan
1982-1986
Box 5b, Folder 43 Delta Steamship Lines, Informational Pamphlets
undated
Box 5b, Folder 44 Delta Steamship Lines, Corporate Income Statements, Budget Reports, Marketing
1982-1983
Box 5b, Folder 45 Delta Steamship Lines, Ocean Transport System
undated
Box 5b, Folder 46 Grace Line, History
undated
Box 5b, Folder 47 Grace Line, Articles on
1963-1967
Box 5b, Folder 48 Grace Line, Operating Budget
1966
Box 5b, Folder 49 Grace Line, Study on New Facilities
1967
Box 5b, Folder 50 Grace Line, Executive Work Plan
1986
Box 5b, Folder 51 Grace Line, Long Range Plan
1968
Box 5b, Folder 52 Holiday Inn, Annual Report
1980-1981
Box 5b, Folder 53 Holiday Inn, Annual Financial Symposium
1980
Box 5c, Folder 54 Intermodal Transportation System, Inc.
1968
Box 5c, Folder 55 Intermodal Transportation System, Inc.
1969
Box 5c, Folder 56 Interstate Oil Transport Company Management Agreement
1971-1974
Box 5c, Folder 57 Interstate Oil Transport Co. Report on Application of Superbarges in the Distribution of Petroleum Products
1971
Box 5c, Folder 58 IOT Cities Service Tanker Business Combination
1973
Box 5c, Folder 59 IOT Basic Agreement
1972
Box 5c, Folder 60 IOT Charter Proposals: DWT Crude Carrier
1973
Box 5c, Folder 61 Lighter Aboard Ship Cargo Vessels
1983
Box 5c, Folder 62 Maher Terminals, General Information
undated
Box 5c, Folder 63 Maher Terminals Data Services Summary
undated
Box 5c, Folder 64 Maher Terminals: Status and Operational
1977
Box 5c, Folder 65 Moore-McCormack Lines, Preventable Losses in Export Packing
1999
Box 5c, Folder 66 Pricing Dilemma in the Global Container Industry
undated
Box 5c, Folder 67 Shipping, General Information
undated
Box 5c, Folder 68 Strategic Planning: The Shipping Industry
1984
Box 5c, Folder 69 Strategic Planning: The Shipping Industry
1984
Box 5c, Folder 70 XYZ Corporation, Description of
1993

Series V. Reports
4.25 box(es)

Reports, 1964-1991 contains the annual reports of the Maritime Administration from 1964 to 1991, as well as reports on combined carriers, the committee on American Shipbuilding, maritime policy, the international maritime powers, strategic sealift program, the liner trade, and U.S. trade.

Container Description Date
Box 6, Folder 1 Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1969-1971
Box 6, Folder 2 Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1969
Box 6, Folder 3 Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1970
Box 6, Folder 4 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1970
Box 6, Folder 5 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1971
Box 6, Folder 6 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1972
Box 6, Folder 7 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1973
Box 6, Folder 8 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1975
Box 6, Folder 9 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1978
Box 6, Folder 10 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1979
Box 6, Folder 11 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1980
Box 6, Folder 12 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1981
Box 6, Folder 13 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1982
Box 6, Folder 14 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1991
Box 7, Folder 15 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1984
Box 7, Folder 16 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1985
Box 7, Folder 17 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1986
Box 7, Folder 18 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1987
Box 7, Folder 19 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1988
Box 7, Folder 20 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1989
Box 7, Folder 21 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1990
Box 7, Folder 22 Annual Report on Activities of the Maritime Administration
1983
Box 7, Folder 23 Report on Combined Carriers, Role in Bulk Trades
1971
Box 7, Folder 24 The Maritime Policy Debate
1961-1969
Box 7, Folder 25 OECD
undated
Box 7, Folder 26 A New Maritime Program for the Seventies
undated
Box 7, Folder 27 The Scandinavian Maritime Community
1971
Box 7, Folder 28 Doing Business with the USSR
1971
Box 7, Folder 29 The Cost of Ships
1972
Box 7, Folder 30 National Planning Conference on Domestic Shipping
1972
Box 8, Folder 31 Report on U.S. Soviet Commercial Agreement
1972
Box 8, Folder 32 Report of Committee on American Shipbuilding, Vol. I
1973
Box 8, Folder 33 Report of Committee on American Shipbuilding, Vol. II
1973
Box 8, Folder 34 Toward a New Era of Trade Between the U.S. and China
1973
Box 8, Folder 35 Doing Business with the People's Republic of China
1973
Box 8, Folder 36 U.S. China Business Review
1974
Box 8, Folder 37 Maritime Aids of the Six Major Maritime Nations
1972
Box 8, Folder 38 Innovation and Productivity in the Liner Industry
1978
Box 9, Folder 39 U.S. Merchant Marine and our National Security
1981
Box 9, Folder 40 Long Range Plan for the Liner Industry of the U.S. Merchant Marine
undated
Box 9, Folder 41 Maritime Subsidy Requirements Hinder U.S. Flag Operators Competitive Position
1981
Box 9, Folder 42 U.S. Programs and Policies: OMB Staff Review
1982
Box 9, Folder 43 Interim Report on Maritime Policy
1982
Box 9, Folder 44 President's Report on Trade Agreements
1981-1982
Box 9, Folder 45 America's Competitive challenge
1983
Box 9, Folder 46 Conversion of Maersk Lines E Class Ships to Maritime Pre-positioning of Ships
1983
Box 9, Folder 47 Shipping Act of 1984
1984
Box 9, Folder 48 Effective Manning of the U.S. Merchant Fleet
1984
Box 9, Folder 49 Trade Developments Organization and Functions
1984
Box 9, Folder 50 Shipping, Shipyards and Sealift
1985
Box 9, Folder 51 Strategic Sealift Program
1985
Box 9, Folder 52 Domestic Waterborne Trade of the U.S.
1982-1989
Box 9, Folder 54 Review of Liner Trades
1992
Box 10, Folder 55 Economic Impact of the Passenger Cruise Industry of the United States in 1992
1992
Box 10, Folder 56 U.S. Ocean Borne Foreign Trade Routes
1992

Series VI. Special Studies
.25 box(es)

Materials regarding Soviet Merchant Marine and Panama Canal Transfer and their impact on trade and Marine Shipping.

Container Description Date
Box 10, Folder 1 Expansion of the Soviet Merchant Marine into the U.S. Maritime Trades
1992
Box 10, Folder 2 Impact of the Panama Canal Transfer upon the U.S. and International Marine Shipping
undated

Series VII. Books
.25 box(es)

Contains one book.

Container Description Date
Box 10, Folder 1 Seaway: The Untold Story of North America's Fourth Seacoast, by Jacques Lesstrang
1976

Series VIII. Publications
.25 box(es)

Copies of magazines

Container Description Date
Box 10, Folder 1 Navy
1969
Box 10, Folder 2 Saturday Review
1975

Series IX. Proposals
.1 box(es)

Series IX, Proposals, consists of proposal regarding the Merchant Marine and the Smithsonian Institution

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 Smithsonian Institution, Hall of American Maritime Enterprise
undated
Box 11, Folder 2 Maritime Reform Proposals
undated
Box 11, Folder 3 Establishment of a Civilian Merchant Marine Reserve Program
1987

Series X. Presentations
.05 box(es)

Series X, Presentations, contains the Army Stratigic Mobility Plan and a presentation on the administration’s maritime policy, 1992

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 The Army Strategic Mobility Plan
undated
Box 11, Folder 2 Administrative Maritime Policy
1992

Series XI. Critiques
.05 box(es)

Contains Staff review of Maritime Programs and Policy

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 OMB Staff Review of Maritime Programs and Policy
1982

Series XII. Statements
.05 box(es)

Contains statements on American shipping.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 American Controlled Shipping by Philip Loree
1992, 1994
Box 11, Folder 2 Congressional Record, House of Representatives, message
1979-1982

Series XIII. Legal Opinions
.05 box(es)

This file contains a case brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals: States Marine International Inc., vs. Peter G. Peterson, Secretary of Commerce, 1975.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 U.S. Court of Appeals, States Marine International Inc., vs. Peter G. Peterson, Secretary of Commerce
1975

Series XIV. Legislative Acts
.15 box(es)

This series contains the Gibbons Bill, 1992, the Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1991, and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 Gibbons Bill
1992
Box 11, Folder 1 Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act
1991
Box 11, Folder 1 Naval ReserveAct of 1938
1938
Box 11, Folder 1 Merchant Marine Act of 1936
1936

Series XV. Pamphlets
.25 box(es)

This series has information on the maritime industry, trade policies, and the Maritime Administration.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 P and O Containers
undated
Box 11, Folder 2 Hapag-Lloyd, Ships and Ports, Thirty-five Years of Progress
undated
Box 11, Folder 3 Maritime Policy Debate
1961-1969
Box 11, Folder 4 President Nixon on the American Merchant Marine
1968
Box 11, Folder 5 NAS Woods Hole Conference
1969
Box 11, Folder 6 MARAD: Challenge and Opportunity
1970
Box 11, Folder 7 Introducing MARAD
1970
Box 11, Folder 8 Reagan/Bush Maritime Industry Plan
1980
Box 11, Folder 9 U.S. and the World Economy
1984
Box 11, Folder 10 Trade Policies
1985
Box 11, Folder 11 University of Wales
1984-1994

Series XVI. Testimony and Messages
.1 box(es)

Testimony and Messages, contains hearings on the merchant marine.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 Secretary of Commerce Stans's Testimony to Congressional Subcommittee on the Merchant Marine
1969
Box 11, Folder 2 Assistant Secretary Gibson's Testimony to Congressional Subcommittee on the Merchant Marine
1969
Box 11, Folder 3 President Nixon's Message to Congress
1969

Series XVII. Miscellany
.1 box(es)

This series contains a Maritime Conference Program, a cartoon, a 1970 announcment, and a flyer for the Abandoned Ocean that is dated 2000.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 Foreign Flag Merchant Ships
1989
Box 11, Folder 2 Announcement
1970
Box 11, Folder 3 Maritime Conference Program
1970
Box 11, Folder 4 Cartoon
undated
Box 11, Folder 5 Flyer for The Abandoned Ocean
2000

Series XVIII. Charts
.1 box(es)

Contains work reference chart from the Dept. of Commerce and a comparison of proposed legistation regarding ship construction.

Container Description Date
Box 11, Folder 1 Work Reference Chart, Department of Commerce
1970
Box 11, Folder 2 Comparison of Proposed Legislation Regarding Ship Construction
undated

Series XIX. Newspaper Clippings
2 box(es)

Newspaper Clippings contains clippings regarding Gibson’s tenure with the Department of Commerce as well as on merchant marine and maritime topics. There is also a Folio of International Intermodal Expo of 2000.

Container Description Date
Box 12, Folder 1 Newspaper Clippings
undated
Box 12, Folder 2 News Release, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
1969
Box 12, Folder 3 Newspaper Clippings
1969
Box 12, Folder 4 White House Press Release on the Merchant Marine
1969-1970
Box 12, Folder 5 Newspaper Clippings
1970-1972
Box 12, Folder 6 Newspaper Clippings
1974, 1976, 1979, 1980
Box 12, Folder 7 Newspaper Clippings
1985
Box 12, Folder 8 Newspaper Clippings
1986
Box 12, Folder 9 Newspaper Clippings
1987, 1993-1994
Box 12, Folder 10 Newspaper Clippings
2000
Box 12, Folder 11 Newspaper Clippings
1997-1998
Box 12, Folder 12 Newspaper Clippings
1999-2000
Box 12, Folder 13 Bound Volume of Newspaper Clippings
1969
Box 13, Folder 14 Bound Volume of Newspaper Clippings
1969-1970
Box 13, Folder 15 Folio International Intermodal Expo
1995-1996

Series XX. Deck Logs
2 box(es)

This series contains the deck logs of SS Leonidas Merritt.

Container Description Date
Box 14 Deck Log of SS Leonidas Merritt
1945-1946
Box 15 Deck Logs of SS Leonidas Merritt
1945-1946

Series XXI. Photographs
1 box(es)

This series consists of career photographs of Gibson during his tenure with the Department of Commerce, other career photos, and of Operation Just Cause, Panama, 1989.

Container Description Date
Box 16, Folder 1 Merchant Marine Academy Graduation
1972
Box 16, Folder 2 Panama, Operation Just Cause
1989
Box 16, Folder 3 Panama, Operation Just Cause
1989
Box 16, Folder 4 Career Photographs, Maritime Administrator and Assistant Secretary, Maritime Affairs
1969-1972

Series XXII. Videotapes, Viewgraphs, and National Security Decision Making Curriculum Materials
3 box(es)

This series has viewgraphs for Gibson’s Naval War College courses and video tapes on the merchant marine and American sea power.

Arrangement:

Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 17 Videotapes and Slides
1970-1994
Box 18 Viewgraphs for Naval War College Courses,
circa 1988-1992
Box 18, Folder 1 A Program for Rebuilding the American Merchant Marine
undated
Box 18, Folder 2 A Strategy for Rebuilding the American Merchant Marine
undated
Box 18, Folder 3 Some Observations concerning the Economics of Shipping in the Liner Trade
undated
Box 18, Folder 4 A Proposal to promote the Building of Ships in the United States
undated
Box 18, Folder 5 TQM comes to the Navy
undated
Box 18, Folder 6 International Political System
undated
Box 18, Folder 7 The Panama Dilemma
undated
Box 18, Folder 8 The Evolution of US Transcom
undated
Box 19 Viewgraphs for Naval War College Courses
circa 1988-1992